Non-violence Quotes

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

You're lucky I took me a vow of non-violence, or you'd be suffering some pain right now.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful.

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.